Tuesday, March 06, 2007

I am doing a rotation at a psych facility, and the intricacies of thehuman mind are mesmerizing. I am in a group of students for the firsttime, and I am so enjoying the different perspectives they bring. Theopportunities for learning something new have been myriad, and beingable to bounce this stuff off other students is so cool. We do a lot ofpresentations, which I do enjoy, and go to a lot of meetings likePharmacy & Therapeutics, and Team meetings.Today I had to leada group discussion and one person had to leave because the socialworker came, but I heard the patient comment to her "It's ok, that was a sucky group!" Yeah, just try to lead a bunch of people with varying cognitive function into agreement that taking your meds is a good thing- especially when the meds wreak havoc on your systems and make you fat, dopey, and sleepy (and the staff has no problem with this!).I am pretty sure it was a sucky group, but we all really tried.

It is so cold here. I had to warm up my little buckwheat pillow and I am toasting my feet before getting back to work. More research, more writing. Eight weeks of clinicals left- the light is at the end of the tunnel!I got a letter from the college and didn't open it right away becasue I thought it was a non-bill again. Apparently, I made the Dean's List for fall semester. I wasn't even thinking about that! Woo Hoo! Ditto pointed out that after struggling my way through all the sciences, I am getting excellent grades in the part where you have to act like a pharmacist. Add my Phi Sigma Lambda induction to that and I guess it's been a good start to the final year. If I can only keep my nose clean until NAPLEX I'll be ok, but I won't relax til the NAPLEX score is in hand.Two solid job offers and a few good leads...What a great field pharmacy is!